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WES on Women's Hour WE Nov Spring 09:Layout 13:Layout 1 1/12/09 1 6/3/13 23:46 19:25 Page Page 1 1 WOMEN’S ENGINEERING SOCIETY VOL 18 • NO 6 18 – • WINTER SPRING 2009 2013 ~ the TwoWESWES WES on on members Women’s Women’s on Power Hour Hour List president’s ON 3 NOVEMBER President Jan message Peters. and Pip Ayton were inter- Jan Peters,appy New WES Year! I THE WOMAN’S HOUR list of the Shape the Future: Step up viewed on Women’s Hour on BBC Presidentwish you reports all the on 100 most powerful women in the H Radio 4. best year ever and UK was announced on 12 Febru- to the Challenge the latest The topic was women engi- hope you will achieve ary. Over the preceeding 3 developments neers and their work clothes. Pre- your goals and dreams. months Woman’s Hour listeners WES is organising a cross-net- diversity, teamwork and talent senter Jane Garvey asked Jan to We often make new year resolu- had been invited to nominate work event for women in STEM from across all the disciplines outline the problem and what WHATtions that A FANTASTIC are difficult autumn to achieve and and women who had the greatest in- and the built environment on 15 who are needed to deliver suc- WES was doing about this. whathard anto sustainamazing long range term. of engineer- My plans fluence and ability to change the December at the IET in Savoy cess. You can also buy your own Jan explained that there were ingfor this and year technical are to women deliver I achiev-have met way we live our lives today. An Place, London. Our partners in pair of WES safety boots. over 65,000 women working in en- inable the goals last three that months.will contribute The confer- to adjudicating panel chaired by this venture are Women and Registration commences at gineering, technology and con- encemembership speaker growth programme and raise was out- pro- former Sunday Express editor Manual Trades, the Association 18.00 and the presentations will struction, approximately 10% of standing,file working thanks in partnership in part to Maria with our de Eve Pollard assessed the recom- of Women in Property, Arup and start at 18.30. There will be a the workforce. Women were ex- Magalhaesmembers, friends and Emily and Spearman. other stake- mendations and took evidence the WISE Campaign and the buffet serving hot food, wine pected to wear the same protec- holders.Thanks At too present to Carol women Marsh engi- for from expert witnesses in different event is sponsored by the IET. and soft drinks. A registration tive clothing as men. Women makingneers are the a Doris precious Gray commodity event work areas. The expert witness on sci- Features of the evening will fee of £15.00 is requested as a were built differen tly from men soneeding well. This to be is nurtured an integral and part pro- of ence and engineering was Scot- be the presentation of the 2009 contribution towards the cost of and many were finding their ourmoted. student We hearstrategy from of our inspiring industrial and land’s chief scientific advisor WES Karen Burt Award and the the event and will include entry workwear unsatisfactory, and be- connectingpartners that women they cannot at the start get of Muffy Calder. Other panel mem- results of the safety clothing into a draw for great prizes. lieved that inappropriate and ill- theirenough careers. women We engineers are also working to fill bers were former Woman’s Hour survey. A keynote speaker will To register for the event con- fitting clothing could compromise withtheir the jobs. Engineering Gender parity Professors’ is still far editor Jill Burridge, Labour peer talk about managing a major ta ct event manager Tanvi on their work. Councilaway in onSTEM a report but progress about what is beingis in Oona King, crime writer Val Mc- engineer ing project and the [email protected]. Pip was introduced as a civil made. We need to put in some Dermid, journalist Dawn O’Porter engineer who often had to go out oomph and accelerate it. and Conservative MP Priti Patel. “ Next year sees us building on site to inspect bridges. Pip ex- WES student conferences “Engi- Top of the list was HM The clumsy and awkward – not as that it makes them feel aged 6 on our 90th anniversary with plained that as a slight woman neering Inspirations” are good ex- Queen followed by Home Secre- nimble as I usually am,” said Pip. wearing their dad’s suit,” said even the smallest size of overalls improvementsamples of accelerating to the growth. website, Last tary Teresa May and Ana Botin, “I try to hitch them up with a belt Jan. “This undermines their pro- were much too big for her. She year, over 100 female engineering chief executive officer of San- but then they tend to pull and tug fessionalism, self-confidence and development of the student described trying to scramble into students and early career engi- tander UK. 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